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Relics of the Estey company remain hidden gems in factory campus

BRATTLEBORO -- Hidden on the upper floors of the former Estey Organ Co. complex along Birge Street is part of the town's unseen heritage. Thousands of documents dating back to the turn of the 20th century and a countless supply of manufacturing gear that made Brattleboro famous still resides in the old unfinished rooms of the factory.

But more notably, an estimated 175 organs assembled in Brattleboro that were sold worldwide have slowly started to come back to town through donations. The town's historical society possesses about 60 different models -- the Estey museum has nearly 90 organs stockpiled in the same rooms in which they were produced more than a half century ago.

"Many of the organs were given over the years to the Brattleboro Historical Society, and at the urging of Ned Phoenix [a founding member of the Estey Organ Museum] in 2002, we thought we had enough of a subject here to set up a museum that was over and above the historical society," said Alan Dann, head of the Board of Trustees for the museum.

Barbara George, president of the Brattleboro Historical Society, owns about half of the buildings within the complex and has been a key figure in preserving the town's living history within the factory. When she started to purchase the buildings in the early 1990s, there was not much in the way of organs.

"The rolled up plans, they were here and the envelopes in the little boxes, they were here, but that was pretty much it," she said, referring to hundreds of internal records of the pipe organ manufacturing plans.

Earlier this week, George and John Carnahan of the historical society toured the defunct floors with the Reformer , offering a rare glimpse into the company that brought Brattleboro to the world.

The dust-covered floors creak with age. Bones of pigeons and other birds are bleach white, indicating the amount of time they spent trapped within the walls.

Old-fashioned freight elevators still work, with a few modern upgrades from George.

Pieces of old progress reports and safety regulations hang near the doors and above tables, as do a few old "girlie" photographs in some of the higher levels. Although some blower motors and other smaller equipment pieces continue to corrode, most of the machinery was trashed during the 1960s.

Virtually all the internal records and blueprints survived. George pulls out a 1904 memorandum for working file No.

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